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SEP 241900 <br />BOOK 44 PACE 616 <br />IN DISCUSSION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE BASIC RATE NOW BEING <br />CHARGED BY RURAL SANITATION IN SEBASTIAN AND INDIAN RIVER SHORES IS <br />$6.00 PER MONTH, AND ANY CHANGE IN THAT RATE WOULD HAVE TO COME <br />AFTER A HEARING WITH THOSE MUNICIPALITIES. MR. FRYER INFORMED THE <br />BOARD THAT HE HAS SEPARATE FRANCHISES WITH FELLSMERE, INDIAN RIVER <br />SHORES, AND SEBASTIAN, ALL FOR DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE OF REAR YARD PICK- <br />UP VERSUS CURBSIDE PICKUP, AND MR. FRYER INFORMED HIM THAT THEY NOW <br />HAVE 100% FRONT PICKUP, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AILING PEOPLE. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED IF HE HAS FOUND THAT THIS POLICY <br />ASSISTS THEM IN REGARD TO TIME AND LABOR COSTS, AND MR. FRYER STATED <br />THE MAIN ADVANTAGE IS THAT IT ASSISTS HIM IN KEEPING HELP. HE POINTED <br />OUT THAT IF THERE WERE ANY REAR YARD PICKUP IN THE COUNTY, IT WOULD <br />BE VERY TIME CONSUMING DUE TO THE LACK OF DENSITY, AND HE WOULD HAVE <br />TO PUT ON ADDITIONAL MEN AND TRUCKS, WHICH WOULD INCREASE COSTS. HE <br />CONTINUED THAT HE WENT TO THE FRONT YARD PICKUP POLICY ABOUT TWO YEARS <br />AGO, AND IT WAS DONE SECTION BY SECTION, THE PEOPLE BEING NOTIFIED IN <br />ADVANCE THAT THEIR GARBAGE WOULD HAVE TO BE OUT IN FRONT. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS COMMENTED THAT A GENTLEMAN IN COUNTRY <br />CLUB POINTE HAD RAISED THE POINT THAT WE HAVE REAR YARD PICKUP IN <br />VERO BEACH FOR LESS MONEY. <br />MR. FRYER POINTED OUT THAT VERO BEACH, WHICH IS MORE <br />CONSOLIDATED, DOES NOT HAVE 1/3 OF THE MILEAGE TO COVER THAT HIS <br />COMPANY DOES AND THEY SHOULD CHARGE LESS, <br />COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED HOW MR. FRYER HAD NOTIFIED HIS <br />CUSTOMERS OF THIS HEARING, AND HE STATED THAT HE CONTACTED THEM BY <br />MAIL, MOST OF THE NOTICES BEING MAILED OUT LAST FRIDAY AND ABOUT <br />300 LAST MONDAY. HE NOTED THAT HE HAS OVER 2,000 CUSTOMERS. <br />DISCUSSION ENSUED ABOUT THE USE OF CONTAINERS, AND MR. <br />FRYER STATED THAT HE CHARGES PER CUBIC YARD FOR THE COMMERCIAL RATE <br />AND THERE IS NO INCREASE IN THAT. HE FELT IT IS ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE <br />PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE DUMPSTERS AND THAT IF YOU BREAK IT DOWN, THEY <br />ARE PAYING LESS AS A FAMILY. <br />